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A31 crash in Test Valley on 12 October 1981 at 09:50 involving a taxi

A taxi and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A31 in Test Valley at 09:50 on Monday 12 October 1981. The 42-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Oct 1981
Monday, 09:50
Vehicles
2
Taxi and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98731, longitude -1.49561, in the SO51 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1981440DC0285
Council area
Test Valley
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
31
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 February 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 1981440DC0285 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Test Valley road accident statistics for 1981.